New Additons to tank
New Additons to tank
Labouts Fairy Wrasse
Pink Margin Wrasse
Two new additons to my tank.
New Additons to tank
Labouts Fairy Wrasse
Pink Margin Wrasse
Two new additons to my tank.
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I think the top one is a social fairy wrasse and not a pink margin fairy.
bronco7777
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cknox,
With the Exquisite you might get away with just one female. That's how I have it in my tank and he stays colored up. I don't know if it's a fluke but my male is always flashing the juvenile girl.
mark97r6,
Yes a leopard will get along with a fairy. But I'd suggest keeping them with the smaller fairies (Ex: Lubbock's or Yellowfin or Social)
Idrhawke,
Those are beautiful. Yes the first one is a social.
With the Exquisite you might get away with just one female. That's how I have it in my tank and he stays colored up. I don't know if it's a fluke but my male is always flashing the juvenile girl.
mark97r6,
Yes a leopard will get along with a fairy. But I'd suggest keeping them with the smaller fairies (Ex: Lubbock's or Yellowfin or Social)
Idrhawke,
Those are beautiful. Yes the first one is a social.
Bronco
Do you ever have a problem with males of one species or Genus fighting with males of another species/Genus over the females
in your tank?
I have a male solar warasse,a pair of strawberry wrasses,a male Scotts and 2 females.These are all in seperate tanks right now.I am planning to get a small harem(6) of Carpenters wrasses.They will all go into my 300G reef.
Is this going to cause a problem?
Do you ever have a problem with males of one species or Genus fighting with males of another species/Genus over the females
in your tank?
I have a male solar warasse,a pair of strawberry wrasses,a male Scotts and 2 females.These are all in seperate tanks right now.I am planning to get a small harem(6) of Carpenters wrasses.They will all go into my 300G reef.
Is this going to cause a problem?
bronco7777
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Rothie,
No I've never had that problem. Usually a male of one genus will squabble a bit with a male of another genus over territory but not females.
Of course one thing to keep in mind is that some breeds of fairy wrasses are thought to cross-breed with similar neighbors in the wild. Solars, Yellowflanked, and Orangebacks are all considered siblings and some of these breeds probably evolved over years of crossbreeding with each other while living in the same waters. Scientists are still not sure about how many variants there are of cyanopleura wrasses. And if the coloration of both genus are similar....especially in a female, then you might get some aggression. But that is highly unlikely in captivity. It's tough enough just trying to get same-genus males and females to breed in captivity.
In an aquaruim devoted just to fairy and flasher wrasses any squabbles that will occur will come due to territory setups in the tank. Size and age also will play a role. Or similar colorations will also cause problems (Example: housing a rhomboid with a pyle's fairy might create some aggression). But not due to breeding. If your getting harems to trying your luck at breeding these fish, I'm sorry to say that you'll be losing a lot of money and space in your tank to females. Fairy and flashers just won't breed in regular captive aquariums.
If your purchasing harems because you want a natural setting for your fish or because you want to keep the male colored-up, then it's worth your time, money, and space in an aquarium.
In a fairy aquarium most of your squabbles are small, short and due to territory or a fight over a morsel of food.
No I've never had that problem. Usually a male of one genus will squabble a bit with a male of another genus over territory but not females.
Of course one thing to keep in mind is that some breeds of fairy wrasses are thought to cross-breed with similar neighbors in the wild. Solars, Yellowflanked, and Orangebacks are all considered siblings and some of these breeds probably evolved over years of crossbreeding with each other while living in the same waters. Scientists are still not sure about how many variants there are of cyanopleura wrasses. And if the coloration of both genus are similar....especially in a female, then you might get some aggression. But that is highly unlikely in captivity. It's tough enough just trying to get same-genus males and females to breed in captivity.
In an aquaruim devoted just to fairy and flasher wrasses any squabbles that will occur will come due to territory setups in the tank. Size and age also will play a role. Or similar colorations will also cause problems (Example: housing a rhomboid with a pyle's fairy might create some aggression). But not due to breeding. If your getting harems to trying your luck at breeding these fish, I'm sorry to say that you'll be losing a lot of money and space in your tank to females. Fairy and flashers just won't breed in regular captive aquariums.
If your purchasing harems because you want a natural setting for your fish or because you want to keep the male colored-up, then it's worth your time, money, and space in an aquarium.
In a fairy aquarium most of your squabbles are small, short and due to territory or a fight over a morsel of food.
I'm just looking for a more natural setting.I have read about the P. carpenteri crossbreeding amoung themselves,but I didn't realize the Cirrhilabrus had the same sexual diversity.
bronco7777
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Typo,
That's awesome...........may I ask where you found him?
Here's my guy.
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That's awesome...........may I ask where you found him?
Here's my guy.
falconut
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bronco7777 - I hope you don't mind, but I figured I would ask you (the Fairy Wrasse Expert) about this.
I currently have a Lonfin Fairy Wrasse (http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1158) and I will be adding a Two Spot Candy Hog (in QT), which I believe is actually a wrasse. I was told that they would be fine together.
Can I add a Longnose Hawk to my tank with these two fish or would the LNH harasse the wrasses? They would be in a 90 gallon tank.
I just figured I would ask, since you have so much experience with wrasses.
Thanks,
Craig
I currently have a Lonfin Fairy Wrasse (http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1158) and I will be adding a Two Spot Candy Hog (in QT), which I believe is actually a wrasse. I was told that they would be fine together.
Can I add a Longnose Hawk to my tank with these two fish or would the LNH harasse the wrasses? They would be in a 90 gallon tank.
I just figured I would ask, since you have so much experience with wrasses.
Thanks,
Craig
bronco7777
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The twin spot candy will be fine with your fairy wrasse. They are very mild mannered.
The longnose is a bit more aggressive as I understand it. But I have never owned one of these. I can't really say firsthand that he would harrass the fairy wrasse and the candy hog.
I do know this much. I have a twin spot candy hog in a small aquarium with a lubbocks fairy, the debelius, a candy pencil and they get along like pals. By the way, the twin spot is a wrasse.
Sorry I can't help out more with the hawk.
The longnose is a bit more aggressive as I understand it. But I have never owned one of these. I can't really say firsthand that he would harrass the fairy wrasse and the candy hog.
I do know this much. I have a twin spot candy hog in a small aquarium with a lubbocks fairy, the debelius, a candy pencil and they get along like pals. By the way, the twin spot is a wrasse.
Sorry I can't help out more with the hawk.
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